EXOS-A - Electrostatic Plasma Wave Measurement


PI of the experiment or contact person Ichiro Tomizawa
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) SSRO       (JPN)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person tomizawa@ee.uec.ac.jp
Type of experiment 2 Faraday cups (E) : one parallel and one perpendicular to the spin axis;
and a dipole antenna (R) : a pair of thin wires 1.9 m long attached along
the extendable stabilization booms
References about the experiment Publications only in Japanese (E18.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1978-014A&ex=4
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 04-02-1978
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 29-06-1979
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 17
Highest data rate 1024 bps
Preliminary results Publications only in Japanese (R18.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Electrostatic waves and radio waves
Data range E : 0.4 - 30 kHz
R : 0.45 - 3 MHz
Sensitivity ?????
Time resolution ?????
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports 35-mm Microfilm
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1978-014A&ex=4&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) Toshinori Mukai ISAS
mukai@glt.isas.ac.jp